"I don't know why you thought I would believe your words," Elijah said, despite the slow shift in his belief. He used to trust his mother's accounts wholeheartedly, but Fabian's words began to shake that trust.
Although Elijah tried to hide it from Fabian.
Fabian didn't touch the drink he ordered. Elijah took a glance at it and asked casually to shift the direction of the conversation, "Are you not going to drink it?"
"I will not drink anything not prepared by my valet," Fabian responded.
That reply caused Elijah to chuckle. "Why? Because you're afraid a maid will drug you?"
Fabian knew that Elijah's sarcasm referred to the history of their parents. He sighed and said, "There's no harm in anticipating the worst."
"Wow, you really are the worst! I can't believe that you used my mother as a reference."
